Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 (ROS2) navigation2- ROS2-humble and navigation 2-humble allows a…

published 2024-12-05 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-28880

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 (ROS2) navigation2- ROS2-humble and navigation 2-humble allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the nav2_amcl process

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/ros-planning/navigation2#4206 pull request

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-12-06)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/ros-planning/navigation2/issues/4177 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

open_robotics ros2_navigation2
open_robotics ros2_humble
open_robotics nav2_humble

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

github.com /ros-planning/navigation2/pull/4206
third-party-advisory
github.com /ros-planning/navigation2/issues/4177
exploit, issue-tracking
github.com /GoesM/ROS-CVE-CNVDs
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-30962
NVD CVE-2024-30962

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Summary